LOT 3808
Commemorative Series BI Nummus. AD 330. Rome mint. 4th officina.
VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, rose on shoulder, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RFQ in exergue. RIC 331. Good Very Fine.(2.77gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Nero Claudius Drusus AE Sestertius. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head to left / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P S C, Claudius seated to left on curule chair, holding branch and resting hand on lap; around the chair are scattered arms (spears, shields, cuirass, and helmet). RIC I 109 (Claudius); BMC 208 (Claudius). 26.16gr, 33mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 274-275. Antioch mint. 2nd or 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIAE MILITVM, Concordia standing to left, holding standard in each hand; S in lower left central field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.1 20; MER-RIC 3179 & 3189 (temporary). 4.70gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. 'C' for Colchester(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / SAECV[LI F]-ELICIT, Carausius standing to right, wearing helmet and military attire, holding transverse spear and globe in outstretched hand; C in exergue. RIC V.5 2542 var. (obverse legend); RIC V -; Webb -. 3.43gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. One of the rarest varieties of Carausius available, seemingly unrecorded and with no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
